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News Items from UNC Greensboro

There’s a little more than a week remaining in the SECC campaign. SECC campus chair Macea Whisettse provides an update: UNCG faculty and staff have raised 75 percent of the campus goal. Approximately 24 percent of employees have participated in the campaign so far. “Please help us raise $50,000 in the next few weeks,” she […]

Emilia Phillips (Creative Writing) will give a poetry reading this Thursday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. at Scuppernong Books in downtown Greensboro, to accompany visiting poet Natalie Shapero. Phillips is the author of two poetry collections from the University of Akron Press, “Signaletics” (2013) and “Groundspeed” (2016) and three chapbooks, most recently “Beneath the Ice […]

UNCG undergraduates will stage a public history event on Tate Street on December 5, noon-2 p.m.

Billy Lee (Art) will give a talk about his work called “The Next Chapter” this Thursday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, followed by a reception in honor of his retirement. Lee frequently shows his sculptures in exhibitions throughout the world. Most recently, he has shown work at the Lee Hansley […]

The fall 2017 edition of UNCG Research Magazine has published online. Readers can access feature stories, research profiles, image galleries and more via the magazine’s new interactive website: researchmagazine.uncg.edu. This fall’s magazine includes: “Buzzworthy” – an exploration of UNCG’s Social Insect Lab and its research on honey bee health “The Harvest at Home” – an […]

Concert: Old-Time Ensemble Wednesday, Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m., Organ Hall Holiday Open House Thursday, Nov. 30, 1 – 5 p.m., remarks at 4 p.m., Alumni House Luminaires throughout campus Thursday, Nov. 30, dusk Festival of Lights, downtown Greensboro Friday, Nov. 31, evening Greensboro Holiday Parade; UNCG Bands of Sparta beforehand Saturday, Dec. 2, noon, downtown […]

Chad Eby (Jazz Studies) will perform with the Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra next Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10. Eby is the artistic director of the ensemble, which also includes UNCG faculty members Ariel Pocock, Brandon Lee and Steve Haines; UNCG alumni Wally West, Aaron Matson and Daniel Faust and current students Jacob Bruner […]

UNCG’s Center for Housing and Community Studies hosts its final Housing Hangout of 2017 on Friday, Dec. 1, with the topic “Public Housing/Section 8.” It will be noon-2 p.m. in MHRA Building, Room 1607. Light refreshments will be provided. Details are at the Facebook event page. Speakers will include Nancy Hunter, who will speak on the […]

Dr. Stuart Schleien (Community and Therapeutic Recreation) received new funding from Arc of Greensboro for a graduate assistant. That person’s role at the Arc of Greensboro will assist the executive director in providing quality programs and services to the individuals served. The graduate assistant will assist the executive director and program directors in researching grant […]

Free, drop-in meditation sessions are offered every Monday, 12:30-1 p.m. at the Weatherspoon. The sessions continue through Dec. 18, 2017, and will resume Jan. 8 – April 30, 2018. The 30 minute sessions are voluntarily led by UNCG faculty and staff. All are welcome. Meditation practices promote health and well-being. No experience or reservations are […]